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Awesome post ! Congratulations on the steer and the gentle, truthful reminder in the last paragraph. He will be blessed with a really good life and one bad day.
CATRAY44 on A Boy for Blossom
Yay, Taco. We raise our Jersey steers just a year to about 750-800 lbs-all hamburger. It is lovely.
Jersey Lady on A Boy for Blossom
Hmm...I think, Bye Bye, Pig!
Jersey Lady on Well, That Was Disappointing
I think Bye Bye Pig.
Jersey Lady on Well, That Was Disappointing
I have more than enough milkers for myself. If she'd had a girl, I would have sold it as a milker. Otherwise, I prefer to cross to a beef bull.
Suzanne McMinn on A Boy for Blossom
I guess what I'm wondering is why you don't keep the new baby boy for breeding?
Granma2girls on A Boy for Blossom
Congratulations on Taco! He is adorable. I recently introduced two American Guinea Hog piglets onto my farm. One is Petunia and the other is named Dinner. Same idea. I think many of us like to do that.
dklenke on A Boy for Blossom
Suzanne, thanks as always for keeping it real in your Taco story.
dl30f0dls on A Boy for Blossom
Congratulations! Taco looks sweet. Our current steer is named DeMeatRi Marbled Beef. We let the kids have fun naming them some food name and we all remember why we raise them. Our kids all learned that we give them great care, then we thank them for feeding us.
Country Blossom on A Boy for Blossom
If you keep farm animals, they can't all die of old age. I know it is hard to think about when they are new and cute whether they're calves, fluffy lambs or whatever but for everyone who eats meat its a reality.
joykenn on A Boy for Blossom
:happyflower Is this sort of like "the early bird get the worm" kinda thing?
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